Sevenoaks District
| Sevenoaks District | |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Kent |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Sevenoaks |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Sevenoaks District Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
| • MPs | Michael Fallon Gareth Johnson John Stanley |
| Area | |
| • Total | 142.99 sq mi (370.34 km2) |
| Area rank | 112th (of 326) |
| Population (2011 est.) | |
| • Total | 115,400 |
| • Rank | 189th (of 326) |
| • Density | 810/sq mi (310/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 95.2% White 1.5% S.Asians 1.2% Black 1.2% Mixed Race |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 29UK (ONS) E07000111 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TQ525555 |
| Website | www.sevenoaks.gov.uk |
Sevenoaks is a local government district[1] covering the western most part of Kent in England. Its council is based in the town of Sevenoaks. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Sevenoaks Urban District, Sevenoaks Rural District and part of Dartford Rural District. To the North West the district borders with two Greater London Boroughs (Bromley and Bexley) in Swanley, as well as Surrey to the West near Westerham and East Sussex to the South near Edenbridge.
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Council [edit]
The council consists of 54 elected councillors, representing wards in the district.[2]
In 2009 the Audit Commission named Sevenoaks District Council as one of the four best run and most efficient councils in the country.[3]
Town and parish councils [edit]
The third tier of government within the district consists of the following town and parish councils:
- Ash-cum-Ridley
- Brasted
- Chevening
- Chiddingstone
- Cowden
- Crockenhill
- Dunton Green
- Edenbridge
- Eynsford
- Farningham
- Fawkham
- Halstead
- Hartley
- Hextable
- Hever
- Horton Kirby and South Darenth
- Kemsing
- Knockholt
- Leigh
- Otford
- Penshurst
- Riverhead
- Seal
- Sevenoaks (Town)
- Sevenoaks Weald
- Shoreham
- Sundridge with Ide Hill
- Swanley (Town)
- Westerham
- West Kingsdown
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